User:Johan G/convert/rear

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Goal

This template handles rounding, decimals and units for User:Johan G/convert ("rear" is for rear part of the quantity).

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Usage

{{User:Johan G/convert/rear|expression|to-unit|decimals|hide-unit}}

The parameters expression and to-unit is manatory, though all parameters should be passed from the main template.

expression

Expression to be calculated with Extension:ParserFunctions's #expr function

to-unit

Unit to be converted to

decimals

Number of decimals. If empty, no decimals will be shown

hide-unit

If not empty the unit will not be shown in the result

Examples

Conversion from millimeters to inches as it would be used in the main template...

{{User:Johan G/convert/rear|{{{1}}} div 25.4|in|{{{4|}}}|{{{5|}}}}}

...with the parameters having these values

{{User:Johan G/convert/rear|1000 div 25.4|in|2|}}

39.37 in

Known issues

Trailing zeros in the decimals will not be shown.

Related templates

• User:Johan G/convert